Measuring device.



J. J. BRIARE.

MBASURING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1a. 1912.

1,096,996, I Patented May19,1914

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JOHN J. BRIARE, 0F STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

MEASURING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1914.

Application led September 18, 1912.' Serial No. 721,006.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN J. BRIARE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stockton, in the countyl of San Joaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Measuring Devices; and I do declare the following to be a clear, full, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in measuring devices and particularly to a means for measuring rope, hose, or other material as is handled or sold in lengths, the object of the invention being to produce a means by the use of which as the rope or hose is pulled out of the roll or coil it is automatically measured and the measurement registered.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and vet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects, I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of the parts as will appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

On the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure l is a front elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a roller.

Referring new more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a supporting platform having a projecting fork 2 provided with a thumb screw 3, whereby the supporting platform may be clamped onto a counter or any other suitable place.

The numeral -f designates two spaced standards journaled in which are two shafts 5 and 6 each provided with a roller 7 and 8, each of said rollers being covered with a rubber covering 9 as shown in Fig. 3, said rollers bearing against each other in operation. The shaft 5 is not journaled directly in the frames 4 but is journaled in blocks l() slidable vertically in slots 11 in the frames 4L and are provided with expansive springs 12 which bear against the blocks 10 to hold the roller 7 always in frictional Contact with the roller 8.

yJournaled in the frames 4 to the rear of the rollers 7 and S are two small rollers 13 and la to act as a guide to guide the rope or hose through the rollers 7 and 8. The roller 8 is of such a size that each revolution will pass the hose or rope between such roller one foot or any other predetermined length and the shaft 6 is connected with any suitable registering machine l5, whereby each foot is registered.

The numeral 17 designates supporting members having a cross bar 18 on their upper ends disposed in front of the rollers 7 and 8 whereby the hose or rope may be held in elevated position it comes through said rollers to leave a length for gripping purposes.

From the foregoing-description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as will permit hose, rope or other lengths to be accurately measured in a rapid and effective manner and such measurement to be registered.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described comprising a platform, two spaced standards mounted on said platform, two shafts journaled in said standards at a spaced distance from each other and a roller on each shaft such rollers engaging each other, two small guide rollers journaled in said standards just to the rear of said first named roll, a said second rollers all being in the same counter on one of said shafts, two vertical horizontal plane, as described. 10 supporting members disposed in front of In testimony whereof I ailix my signature said first named rollers, a cross bar on said in presence of two witnesses,

supporting members disposed at a spaced JOHN J BRIARE. distance from said first named rollers, the Witnesses:

upper edge of said cross bar and the en` JOSHUA R. WEBSTER,

gaging point of said rst pair of rollers and CLARENCE M. SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

, Washington, D. .0. 

